Please Save Paul

[Peter Ahlstrom]

I'm not in favor of going to any lengths to discover the identity of someone who doesn't want to reveal herself.

You could try selling the fish...

[stacer]

Okay, okay, I admit it. I'm stalking you, EUOL. I'm not really in Illinois right now. I'm sitting on an Orem curb, in front of your house, watching you.

Every breath you take, every move you make, every cake you bake...

[EUOL]

lol.  

I keep meaning to respond to this thread--but there's so much to react to.  I'll give a couple here, then get to some more later.  

My theory is one of your CW students stalking you.

I'm leaning toward this option too.  Supporting this idea: the first fish showed up the first week of July.  Isn't that when Summer term began at BYU?  She could have been away for spring term, which is why she waited so long to look me up.

Could we see these e-mails?

Hum.  Here is a sampling:


Brandon Sanderson wrote:
Paul, I'm afraid, passed on. I never even got to meet
him.

Who is this?

Brandon


Fishless Wrote:
Poor Paul has perished?  That's a tragedy.  

Who do you think this is?

Fishless

Brandon Sanderson wrote:
I'm sure Paul's perfectly peaceful in paradise at the
moment.

You ask who I think it is? With the note lost and
Paul himself sleeping--pardon the pun--with the
fishes, I have few clues.

Perhaps a hint is in order?

Brandon


Fishless Wrote:
Brandon,

Perhaps a clue is in order....

Check your doorstep recently?

Fishless
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And that's where I got the second fish.

[Master Xaio]

Hm.  Have you had any emails/emailed the person at all, since you got the second fish?

[Spriggan]

I think the new fish needs to die in a misterious way, then we can set up security cameras to watch for the culpret when she drops off a new one.

[Master Xaio]

You know, I was thinking more a cloud-erious way...

[Brenna]

You know, I don't think the girl is stalking Brandon.  I think she just thinks it's funny, and thought he'd be a person who was just quirky enough to play along.

I mean, seriously, what kind of person stalks with a fish?

[Spriggan]

this man:

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/jabba/muppets/figures/SeriesIII/lewzealand/LewZealand003b.gif

[Brenna]

Okay, *besides* that muppet.  

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

I believe, as one stalker to another, that if attention is trying to be got then one could go to great lengths to get it. And it could also be one of your collegueges (hah, that word escapes my mind so I have funly spelled it) playing a(an) joke(s) on you. So, like a cowboy (with rinestones), call them out and have a duel. Or just meet in a crowded populated area. Like those church subdirectories you have.

[fuzzyoctopus]

I like the camera idea.

Borrow someone's webcam, point it at the porch and email the person saying your fish is lonely.

[EUOL]

This email just came:

Brandon,

By the way, if you attempt to euthanize my (your) poor innocent unsuspecting fish in an effort to find out who I am through video surveillance, I will know.  I have my ways.  

And no, no matter what your friends say, I am not stalking you.

Fishfraid

Cover's blown, guys.  

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

lol, that is both awesome (or awe-inspiring) and errily creepy. Obviously they visit the boards. So it could be someone here, you know, like 42 or Spriggan. Those who you know and who know you. Now would be an excellent time to be that rinestone cowboy I talked about.

[Master Xaio]

So did you email them back asking them what they *were* doing, if not stalking?

[EUOL]

Part of my purpose in posting on the TWG was to see if anything said here ended up reflecting back in Ms. Fish's emails.  Knowledge about this site is limited, and if I got the hint that she was reading the thread, then I would know something very important.

I wasn't expecting her to be so straightforward in giving me the knowledge, however.